Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 88, No. 242 

Tuesday, December 19, 2023 

Title 3— 

The President 

Memorandum of December 7, 2023 

Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities Under the 

Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 and Public Law 

117–78 

Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary of the Treasury[, 

and] the Secretary of Homeland Security 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, 

United States Code, I hereby order as follows: 

Section 1. (a) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in consultation 

with the Secretary of the Treasury, the functions and authorities vested 

in the President by the following provisions of the Uyghur Human Rights 

Policy Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–145) (UHRPA) and Public Law 117– 

78: 

(i) section 6(a)(1) of the UHRPA, with respect to submitting the report; 

(ii) section 6(e) of the UHRPA; and 

(iii) section 5(c)(1) of Public Law 117–78, with respect to submitting 

the report. 

(b) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State, the functions and authorities vested in the 

President by the following provisions of the UHRPA and Public Law 117– 

78: 

(i) section 6(a)(1) of the UHRPA, with respect to making the determinations; 

(ii) section 6(g) of the UHRPA, with respect to terminating the sanctions 

described in section 6(c)(1) of the UHRPA and imposed under section 

6(b) of the UHRPA; and 

(iii) section 5(c)(1) of Public Law 117–78, with respect to making the 

determinations. 

(c) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury the functions and 

authorities vested in the President by the following provisions of the UHRPA 

and Public Law 117–78: 

(i) section 6(b) of the UHRPA, with respect to imposing the sanctions 

described in section 6(c)(1) of the UHRPA; 

(ii) section 6(c)(1) of the UHRPA; 

(iii) section 6(d) of the UHRPA; and 

(iv) section 5(c)(2) of Public Law 117–78, with respect to imposing the 

sanctions described in section 6(c)(1) of the UHRPA. 

(d) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, the functions and authorities vested in 

the President by the following provisions of the UHRPA and Public Law 

117–78: 

(i) section 6(b) of the UHRPA, with respect to imposing the sanctions 

described in section 6(c)(2) of the UHRPA; 

(ii) section 6(g) of the UHRPA, with respect to terminating the sanctions 

described in section 6(c)(2) of the UHRPA and imposed under section 

6(b) of the UHRPA; and 


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(iii) section 5(c)(2) of Public Law 117–78, with respect to imposing the 

sanctions described in section 6(c)(2) of the UHRPA. 

Sec. 2. The delegations in this memorandum shall apply to any provisions 

of any future public laws that are the same or substantially the same as 

those provisions referenced in this memorandum. 

Sec. 3. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this 

memorandum in the Federal Register. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, December 7, 2023 

[FR Doc. 2023–27999 

Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

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